Monday, May 16, 2011

Life is (once again) Over as I Know It

There are milestones in a child's life that are real game changers for parents.

Crawling.

Walking.

And, climbing out of the crib.

Oh sweet parenting gods, give me strength.

I woke this morning to a thud that rattled through the monitor. Immediately, I took off knowing exactly what had happened: Ember had climbed out of her crib. When I opened the door to her room, there she was, lying like a plank on the floor. I got down beside her, lifted her to her feet and asked if she was okay. She looked at me, and then pointed to her stuffed kitty in the crib and said, "Kitty!"

I mean, Andrew and I both knew that it wasn't a matter of if Ember was going to climb out of her crib, but when. And I've always been grateful that she is on the tiny side of the scale because this day could have come much, much sooner.

Oh, but that is little comfort right now. What are we going to do!?

Well, we are going to convert the crib to the toddler bed set up. But that introduces a host of other issues ... like keeping her in bed. Hell. even her room! The kid can open doors so....

Sleepless nights are coming my way again, I'm sure of it. Just when my eye had stopped twitching...

Bravo Karma, you got us again.

Any thoughts on how to get a 17 month old excited about her new big girl bed? Duct tape or chicken wire? Just kidding. I think.

At least she's cute.This is how Ember dresses when left to her own devices: dress, rubber boots, denim jacket and a a ball cap.

3 comments:

I've realized that it will always be something when raising a child. Just as something becomes 'easy' it is replaced by a new challenge. Our little guy is still in his crib at 2.5 y.o and hasn't tried to climb out. I'm hoping to keep him there until 3 y.o, if I can! Right now our new challenge is bedtime. We had a great run from about 14 months till now....we'd stick him down in the crib and seriously that was it. Now, he cries...and we don't do CIO in our family. So, we are back to the books and figuring stuff out and doing lots of reassuring (for me haha). It's always something... :)

Luckily, we never had problems with our kids staying in their newly converted beds. We did put a child-proof door knob on the inside of the bedroom door though - because like you said they can open doors!! And I was afraid we wouldn't hear him if/when they woke up and didn't want him roaming the house alone. That worked for a few months until our son was old enough to understand that when he woke up he was to come get us right away. Our daughter has been in a toddler bed for several months now, but she still refuses to get out of her bed until we come in there and get her (and she's two and a half now!), which is a tiny blessing while it lasts ;) It's a whole new world now, good luck!

Hi, I'm Sarah.

It's amazing how mothering a chubby cheeked, red-headed little girl challenges my beliefs, opinions and passions daily.I've discovered new talents and 'likes'. Very slowly, I am learning that there is no 'one sized fits all' approach to parenting and family life. This is an attempt to organize my thoughts and discoveries. As well as a place to savour the world through new eyes.

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28 in 28

1. Take a photo a day for 365 days to act as a journal of our family. Bind in book at end of year. Inspired by Wendolonia's Project 365.2. Properly learn to knit. Complete a lace scarf.3. Catch up and complete Ember's baby book. (in progress)4. Learn to sew and sew myself a skirt, a dress for Ember, and re-usable grocery & produce bags.5. Run 10 kilometres. (working on it)6. Swim 600 metres in 15 minutes (working on it, too)7. Make ricotta, yogurt, mayonnaise, sour cream8. Bake bread (sans machine), pretzels, bagels, croissants, challah bread and crumpets.9. Make pulled pork sandwiches from scratch.10. Make pasta from scratch11. Find the perfect concealer12. Snowshoe in Jasper National Park with my family.13. Make authentic marinara sauce - my current sauce just isn't cutting it.14. Colour my hair for the first time EVER - just highlights and/or lowlights.15. Start a new tradition as a family.16. Paint the kitchen.17. Start planters on the balcony.18. Make ice cream and create a new flavour.19. Take Ember to the Vancouver Aquarium.20. Learn how to tie a tie.21. Learn how to fold a fitted sheet.22. Organize all the photos on my hard drive and back them up weekly! (in progress)23. Make jam with BC berries. done!!24. Begin compiling (handwritten) our family's favourite recipes in a notebook.25. Re-purpose old sheets and clothes - sew cloth napkins and rags. Stop buying paper towels.26. Create a budget and stick to it.27. Go away with Andrew for a night.28. Learn the rules of my man's sport, rugby.